Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/5................................................................................................................7/28
8/5................................................................................................................7/28
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
廿
九
三期星
Seventh Month, Twenty-Ninth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, July 29
Wednesday, July 29
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶凶
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉中
亥未卯
吉中中
吉吉中
亥未卯
吉中中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
四
丙
午
水
參
閉
Fourteenth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
四
丙
午
水
參
閉
Fourteenth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingwu (43/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Gathering (21/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
掃
舍
補
垣
塞
穴
除
服
血上
支兀
陰月
將忌
血上
支兀
陰月
將忌
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Appropriate Activities
Sweeping Rooms
Patching Embankments
Plugging Caves
Discarding Clothing
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Sweeping Rooms
Patching Embankments
Plugging Caves
Discarding Clothing
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Lunar Taboo
Blood Branch
Yin General
Lunar Taboo
Blood Branch
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
碓 灶
Kitchen
Pestle, Stove
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